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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Great Yarmouth Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
19,364 approved · 2,714 refused · 1,192 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jun 1995 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Lion Public House Euston Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1DX
Received 9 Mar 200112A Regent Road GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR30 2AF
Received 27 Oct 2016Fremantle Road (Opposite Racecourse) Great Yarmouth
Received 4 Sept 199848 Marine Parade Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6EX
Received 18 Oct 201057 Clover Way Bradwell NR31 8RH
Received 18 Nov 2025111A Lowestoft Road (rear of) Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6SW
Received 6 Aug 2010Land adj Manor Farm Barns Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4PE
Received 7 Jul 20102 University Crescent Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH Norfolk NR31 7QL
Received 28 Oct 202027 Albany Road Southtown Great Yarmouth NR31 0ET
Received 30 Dec 1996Fritton Lake Church Lane Fritton GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 9HA
Received 4 Dec 2018Land off Kings Drive and Marjoram Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8TF
Received 19 Jun 202639 Long Lane Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 7RA
Received 2 Sept 200535-36 Market Place Great Yarmouth NR30 1LX
Received 2 Dec 2022High Barn Farm East Somerton Great Yarmouth (Wind Farm Site)
Received 4 Jul 1997154 Repps Road Martham GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 4QZ
Received 7 Aug 20181 Snowdrop Close Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8UX
Received 17 Apr 199796 Victoria Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6EA
Received 28 Feb 2020Grange Farm (Land at) Main Road Filby Great Yarmouth NR29 3HS
Received 16 Oct 2013Barn 3 Hall Farm Beccles Road Belton Great Yarmouth NR31 9JQ
Received 18 Mar 201469 Spruce Avenue Ormesby St Margaret Great Yarmouth
Received 14 Jul 1997The Veterinary Hospital 221 Beccles Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 8BZ
Received 30 Sept 2020107 North Denes Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Received 25 Oct 20054-6 St Johns Terrace Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 2NF NR30 2NF
Received 7 Nov 200614 Chestnut Avenue Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8PN
Received 28 Feb 2005Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Great Yarmouth Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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